35.2% ▼ -12.1%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.0%
- 2016: 37.1%
- 2021: 35.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Ashbury · Suburb / Locality
Language in Ashbury
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than one in three people in Ashbury speak a language other than English at home, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas at this level. This variety is reflected in the daily lives of residents, where English is the main language for 62.1% of the community.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Italian (8.0%) and Greek (7.4%) are common here, alongside Arabic and Mandarin. About 5.5% of people speak little or no English, which is a little above the national figure of 3.4%.
5.5% ▼ -3.9%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of people who use another language at home and speak English not well or not at all. No 2011 figure — that census only asked proficiency of overseas-born residents.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Ashbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10094/ashbury/topic/language